2024-09-03 18:21:24
Published: 19:16, 1 September 2024
The new price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the current month of September will be announced on Monday (September 2).
This information was informed in a notification of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Sunday (September 1).
According to the notification, according to the Saudi CP for the month of September (2024) announced by Saudi Aramco, the instructions of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the price adjustment of private LPG at the consumer level for this month will be announced at 3 pm on Monday.
Earlier, on August 4, the price of a 12 kg LPG cylinder for the month of August was increased by Rs 11 to Rs 1,377 at the consumer level compared to July. This price was increased by Rs.3 in the previous month. At that time, the price of 12 kg cylinder was fixed at 1 thousand 366 taka.
However, last June and May, the price of 12 kg cylinder was reduced by Tk 30 and Tk 49 to Tk 1,363 and Tk 1,393 respectively. Apart from this, the price of each 12 kg cylinder was reduced by Tk 40 last April as well. Each 12 kg LPG cylinder was sold at Tk 1,442 that month. Earlier, LPG prices were hiked for 8 consecutive months.
Last March, the price of 12 kg cylinder was increased by 8 taka to 1 thousand 482 taka, in February it was increased by 41 taka to 1 thousand 474 taka and in January it was increased by 29 taka to 1 thousand 433 taka.
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